Active Dance Posts
How To: Dance the Jive
In this series of video dance lessons you’ll learn the basic steps and moves of Jive dancing. Part 1 of 15 - How to Dance the Jive.
How To: Do the Running Man dance
In this series of videos we learn how to do the Running Man dance. Part 1 of 5 - How to Do the Running Man dance.
How To: Dance the Argentinian Tango
This video series shows you how to dance the Argentinian Tango. It is similar to the American and International Tangos but the music is slower. See what shoes to wear, how to listen to the music, and how to do the different moves for men and women.
How To: Do the Argentine Tango
In this video series, watch as professional dancers Evan Griffiths & Rebecca Shulman teaches how to dance the Argentine Tango.
How To: Do Jazz and Hip Hop for beginners
In this video series, watch as dancer Maila Damian teaches beginners how to Jazz dance. Learn how to do the step touch, the pivot, the kick ball change, jazz squares, the sachet, the passe, the drag step, and a full Jazz dance routine.
How To: Do the Foxtrot
In this video series learn to dance the Foxtrot from professional dancers Teddy Kern, Lou Brockman & Heather Gehring, instructors at Dance Manhattan in New York City, as they demonstrate Foxtrot dance steps such as the Promenade, basic steps for men and ladies, twirls, rock steps and turns, and basic Foxtrot patterns.
How To: Do Hip Hop dance moves
So take a few moments and watch this instructional video series designed to help teach the basics of Hip Hop dance for beginners—or those of you who are already dancing fiends but perhaps want to perfect some of those old school moves.
How To: Dance the Nightclub Two Step
In this video dance lesson, our expert dancers will demonstrate how to do the Night Club Two Step. You will get step-by-step instruction on how to perform all the important Night Club Two Step dance moves and footwork. You'll learn how to do dance turns, how to hold your partner and how to put individual step together to create a beautiful and romantic dance.
How To: Dance the Rumba
n this free dancing video series, learn how to dance the Rumba passionately. U.S. Latin Champions Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin will show you many of the basic steps, moves and techniques you’ll need to get started… as well as make sure you don’t look ridiculous when it’s time to dance with a partner.
How To: Continue with intermediate ballet
In this dance instruction video series, build on that sturdy tradition by learning some advanced steps and moves.
How To: Samba
In this expert video series, let Sarolta Eke teach you the basic steps of Samba. She will walk you through the various moves and turns of this Latin Dance. Also, learn simple choreography dance steps to start you sambaing today! With their help, there is no excuse to wait any longer. So go ahead- put on your dancing shoes!
How To: Foxtrot
In this series of video dancing lessons you'll learn how to dance the Foxtrot from professional dancers and dance instructors Sarolta Eke & Tamas Kassay as they demonstrate Foxtrot dance steps such as the Foxtrot walk, basic zig zag step for men and ladies, the rock turn, Foxtrot promenade, backwards lock moves and Foxtrot patterns.
How To: Dance the Cha Cha
Introduction to the Cha Cha Part 1 of 18 - How to Dance the Cha Cha.
How To: Do beginning ballet steps
Eileen O'Brien, expert dance instructor, will demonstrate a variety of beginning ballet steps and positions.
How To: Irish Step dance at an intermediate level
In these instructional video dance lessons, our expert will demonstrate intermediate-level Irish step dances, including treble shuffles, cuts, kicks, and hop moves, as well as combination clicks and stamps. Additionally, you will learn how to do the butterfly combo, complete with tips and suggestions for your own practice routines.
How To: Do the fireman move in pole dancing
Wendy Dayle will focus on the fireman move in pole dancing and provide step-by-step instructions on how to gain momentum, place your hands, swing on and exit the pole.
How To: Do pole dancing leg hook moves
Wendy Dayle in this free video series will focus on leg hook moves in pole dancing and provide step-by-step instructions on a variety of different maneuvers and dismounts.
How To: Do advanced Flamenco dancing
In this video Flamenco dance instructor Yvette Parrish demonstrates and provides instruction over: Flamenco practice attire, hand movements, arm movements, dance warm-ups, skirt work, toe slide combinations, horse dance, Flamenco fan work, little shawl or manton dance movements, and big shawl or manton moves that are essential moves for Flamenco dancers.
How To: Do the C-Walk Shuffle Hop
Learn the Shuffle Hop a basic move in the C-Walk style of Hip-Hop and urban dance. The shuffle hop is essentially the Shuffle except you can you move in different directions.
How To: Do the X-Hop
An old school Hip-Hop dance move. The X-Hop has also become a basic move in the C-Walk style of Hip-Hop and urban dance.
How To: Dance the puppet master with Elijah Wood
Dance with Frodo, I mean Elijah Wood. Raise your knee, raise your foot, raise your other foot, do the puppet master!! This is a great dance for kids! Dance the puppet master with Elijah Wood.
How To: Communicate with your partner in the Lindy hop
Sosh and Gina continue your Lindy Hop education. This clip will teach you how to communicate with your partner. The front to front, the sling shot, the scissor kick, the swing out, the big turn, are all dance moves distinct to the Lindy Hop. It was named for Charles Lindbergh and his Atlantic crossing in 1927. Black communities invented the moves, and the popularity spread throughout the world.
How To: Move your arms in belly dancing
This also shows you how to move hold yourself and points out the age old trick of a great smile. This woman is an excellent belly dancer and certainly one of our favorites.
How To: Connect with your partner in the Lindy hop
Learn this exciting swing dance from the 30s. Sosh and Gina will start at the very beginning, no experience necessary. Learn how to dance from our instructional dance video clips (it's like a virtual dance lesson). Each? week we will post a new video clip here on our video podcast. If you're interested in more check out our site www.iDance.net.
How To: Dance Waltz Variations
This is a video demonstration of the late 19th Century waltz. This waltz is a ballroom and folk dance. The waltz first became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s, and spread to many other countries in the years that follow. The waltz, and its closed position, became the example for the creation of many other ballroom dances. Subsequently, new types of waltz have developed, including many folk and several ballroom dances. This video is only a demonstration, and unfortunately it does not giv...
How To: Dance Waltz and "Loomis' Glide Mazurka"
In this demonstrational video you watch a ballroom full of people dancing the waltz and "Loomis' Glide Mazurka". The maurka is a lively Polish folk dance. This video is only a demonstration, and unfortunately it does not give step by step instructions.
How To: Dance the "The Eugenie" and Waltz Cotillion
This video is of a large group of people dancing "The Eugenie" and Waltz Cotillion in a ballroom. These are both late 19th Century dances. This video is only a demonstration, and unfortunately it does not give step by step instructions.
How To: Dance the Butterfly
This video is of the late 19th Century dance called the Butterfly. The Butterfly is where a woman/man has fake butterfly wings attached to their arms and dances with them on. This video is only a demonstration, and unfortunately it does not give step by step instructions.
How To: Dance the The German (also known as cotillon)
This video is of the German. The German is a combination of comedic games and dancing. This video is only a demonstration, and unfortunately it does not give step by step instructions.
How To: Dance the Grand March
This video is a demonstration of how to walk/dance the Grand March (also known as The March, Polonaise, Grand Promenade, and Opening March). This march is the formal and traditional way to begin a formal ball.
How To: Belly roll
Want to make that stomach look like a flowing sexy ocean? Watch this video to find out how to do the belly dance move, belly roll.
How To: Do a belly dancing hip raise
Interested in belly dancing? Wonder how they get those hips to shake? This clip will teach you how to do a belly dancing hip raise. Do a belly dancing hip raise.
How To: Do basic break dancing moves
This video tutorial will show you how to do various break dance moves. You will learn the windmill, turtle, backspin, top rock, foot work, and swipes. Do basic break dancing moves.
How To: To do the glide dance
Want to move smoothly across the dance floor? This video will show you how to move not only side to side but forward and back by gliding. To do the glide dance.
How To: Move your partner side to side on the dance floor
Gina Deambrazio and Gino Spizatti demonstrate the cross body lead which allow you to move your partner side to side on the dance floor. This salsa move takes the female partner from one side to the other. The man must stay as still as possible, so that the woman may move around effortlessly.
How To: Move your partner on the dance floor
Gina Deambrazio and Gino Spizatti demonstrate the lady passing under a bridge move which helps move your partner on the dance floor. This is a variation of the salsa move cross body lead. You drop your arm, step to the side, bring her under, and do a basic.
How To: Do the basic Salsa right turn
Gina Deambrazio and Gino Spizatti demonstrate the basic salsa right turn. You have to do a straight turn into a pivot turn to make sure that you stay in line with your partner. You do two basics, a cross body lead, and a forward break through for the guy.
How To: Do the woman half turn
Gina Deambrazio and Gino Spizatti demonstrate how to spin your partner by doing the woman half turn for the salsa dance. The man does the cross body lead while the woman has to make a turn by stepping forward with the left foot. The man can never stop moving his feet because he always has to be thinking about where his female partner is going.
How To: Do a figure 8 while belly dancing
Meital demonstrates how to belly dance. You push your hip from the back corner and circle it forward. You also can push your hip from the front and circle it backward. This creates a basic figure 8 movement.
How To: Add flair to your routine with hip circles
Meital demonstrates how you can add flair to your belly dancing routine by doing hip circles. You lift your chest up, drop it down, and isolate your ribcage. This really more a chest circle, but impressive nonetheless.